Pons of Tripoli

Pons of Tripoli (1098-1137) was the Count of Tripoli from 1112 to 1137, succeeding Bertrand of Tripoli and preceding Raymond II of Tripoli.

Biography
Pons was the son of Count Bertrand of Tripoli, and he was mentored by Tancred, Prince of Galilee. He married Tancred's widow Cecile of France, reconciling the crusaders of Normandy and Provence, and in 1118 he allied with King Baldwin II of Jerusalem. In 1119, Pons and Baldwin marched north to help Roger of Salerno against Ilghazi, but Roger left without them and was killed at the Battle of Ager Sanguinis. On 14 August 1119, the crusaders won the Battle of Hab against Ilghazi and the Artuqids, and in 1124 Pons captured Tyre in southern Lebanon. In 1125, he defeated the Saracens at Azaz with Baldwin II, but in 1131 he was defeated by Baldwin's successor Fulk of Jerusalem at Rugia after a dispute. In 1137, Damascus invaded Tripoli and captured Pons, who was executed with several of his men. His son Raymond II of Tripoli succeeded him.